Ultra high-end Aman motor yacht opens bookings for 2027

Ultra high-end hospitality brand Aman has announced the first-ever itineraries for its first ocean motor yacht, the Amangati, opening bookings for spring 2027’s inaugural voyages around the Mediterranean and beyond.

Aman describes the “maiden season” as “tracing storied coastlines, secluded coves and timeless harbours.” Each voyage “reflects Aman’s spirit of calm discovery, uniting cultural depth and natural beauty with the rare serenity found only at sea,” the Swiss-headquartered, Russian-owned company says on its website.

The sailings commence on Friday, 7 May 2027, with six nights across seven ports, casting off from Palma de Mallorca, calling at Mahon, Barcelona, Palamós, Marseille, St Tropez, and Nice. Across the season, in addition to Mediterranean Spain and the French Riviera, the Amangati will sail other five-to-eight-night itineraries visiting the Italian Riviera, the Adriatic and Dalmatian coasts, the Greek Isles, and Türkiye.

Unusual port calls include Beaulieu-sur-Mer, while other gems include Napoleon’s island of exile, Elba, and sailings that take guests to the Cannes Film Festival, the Monaco Grand Prix, or offer exclusive access to Venice’s historic Grand Canal. But it will not be a rush from place to place. Relaxed late departures are a part of the approach, while two helipads and six tenders give high-powered guests flexibility, too.

The 183-metre vessel will boast nine decks, where high ceilings and full-height windows maximise natural light and ocean vistas. Guests will stay in one of 47 suites, renderings of which portray a Japandi style of calm chic. That aura of tranquillity extends beyond, with eight wellness treatment areas with private ocean-view terraces, showers, and open-air whirlpool baths, a hammam and a traditional Russian wood-fired stove sauna, or banya.

There will be four principal dining venues and a range of lounges and bars. Menus in Alira’s all-day, open-air restaurant celebrate Mediterranean produce and cuisine. Two Japanese options are planned: Hiori will be a Japanese Teppanyaki sushi and griddle experience, where the skill and precision of chefs will be on display, while Akari will present traditional washoku’s seasonal ingredients and elegance, with an omakase approach where the chef curates personalised tasting menus, with sake accompaniments. The Aman Grill will pay its respects to aged meats, fresh fish and vegetables by fire, with wine pairings. Lounge and bar accommodation includes a jazz club, a gelato bar, a pool bar, and a cigar lounge.

Guests can work off all those guilty pleasures in a state-of-the-art fitness studio, or contemplate the horizon during yoga and meditation sessions, lazing around the pool, or by the Japanese garden. A cinema also waits to cocoon them.

Currently under construction at T. Mariotti shipyard in Genoa, Italy, when the Amangati is ready, it will “mark the brand’s arrival on the world’s oceans,” where “peace, privacy and genuine service will unfold, bringing its fabled hospitality to the water,” Aman says.

However, the Aman floating-hotel-cum-superyacht is set to compete with other, new, luxury vessels from brands like Belmond, Ritz Carlton, and Four Seasons, also attempting to convince the yacht charter crowd that they can do better than a typical small, multi-tasking crew.